Cabinet for disk records.



A. G. THOMAS.

CABINET FOR DISK RECORDS.

APPucATloN FILED sEPT.9. 19:8.

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A. G. THOMAS.

CABINET FOR DISK RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9. IsIa.

1,289,961 Patented Dec. 31, 1918 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ALBERT G. THOMAS, F LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA.

CABINET Eon DISK RECORDS.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

.Be it known that I, ALBERT G. THOMAS,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynchburg, in the countyof Campbell and State of Virginia, have invented certam new and usefulImprovements in Cabinets for Disk Records, of which the following is a Aspecification.

My invention relates to cabinets for holdin and delivering disk-records.

`he objects of the invention are to provide a cabinet for disk-recordsin which the records may be listed in definite order and ,in which anyrecord mayl be easily and quickly removed when wanted and no otherrecord may be removed from the cabinet until the one previously removedhas been replaced; to provide such a cabinet with a,

novel form of record ejecting mechanism; to provide means forautomaticallyllocking the ejector after every operation; to provlde anovel mechanism for preventing the removal of all records save the onein the path of the ejector and to rovide novel means to obviate thenecess1ty ofusmg dummy records or blanks; to rovide a novel means forclosing the recor receiving spaces except that for the record beingused.

These objects I accomplish by the mechanismfshown inthe accompanyingdrawings in which? Figure- 1 is a front elevation of my imroved cabinetvpart of the casing being l roken away.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of same on line 2-2 Fig. 3. l

Fig. 3 is a central vertical transverse secs tion.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of the record-actuating and controllingmechanism removed.

v The' case or cabinet is designated by the letter L, and may be .of anysuitable material anddesign. 'As shown the cabinet isformed of upper andlower sections, the upper section being adapted for records of a sizesmaller than those to be received in the lower section. The front of thecabinet is inclined and provided with upper and lower series ofvertical, parallel record-receivin vslots L', the upper and lower endsof whic slotsregister with the outer ends of the rearwardly and.downwardly inclined grooves J, K, in the top and bottom boards J', K',

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Application led September 9, 1918. Serial N o. 253,172.

A, movable acrossthe line of records-and provided at its outer end witha finger-piece A extending through a slot L? in the :front of thecabinet. To the rear end of the slide A, is pivoted the slotted upperend b of a depending ejector-lever B, adapted to swing into a verticalposition by gravity and also adapted to be swung forwardly or outwardlyatits lower endv by means of a spring-retracted actuating` rod C. Thisrod C, is mounted slidingly near its rear end in a bracket c on theunder side of the slidev A and extends -at its outer end through anapre'- ture a2 in the slide A and terminates at outer end inalinger-piece c. The rod C, is retracted by means of a coil spring c2,secured at its rear end to the bracket'c and secured at its forward endto the rod C so that when the rod is pulled out and released the springc2 will 'pull it back. The rear end of the rod C, extends through theslot" b, in the upper end of lever B, and is provided with across plecec3 clamped between two nuts c, this will be moved to the vertical andits pawl F,

will engage the raclrbar and lock the slide A against movement along`the rods E, and in consequence of such locking there can, be no movementof the ejecting mechanism 'to another record until the record has eenreplaced in the grooves from whic it was ejected. When this takes placethe record will strike the lever B, and move its pawl cross pieceserving, when the rod C is pulled loro names of the records. When aparticular record is desired the slide A, is moved until the pointerregisters with 'the indicating 4 mark thereof and then the rod C ispulled I understoodl that b lank records or dummiesv 'will be placed inany spacesv not occupiedtocause lever B, to eject the record as beforedescribed; The lever B, is just wide enough to reach from one record tolanother so thatl when the slide A, is movedthe lever B, will be slidacross the rear edges of the record and will not fall between any two ofthem, but lever B, is not Vwide enough to engage the next record whenits vertical center engages the oneto beejected. Itwill be by recorddisks so that the lever B,- cannot.

. drop and lock 'the slide A, owing to unfilled spaces. The blanks alsoprevent a record .from being .placed in any but its proper compartment.

Toavoid the necessity of usingv blank -rec'ords the yfollowing mechanismis provided. .Depending from the forward portion of the slide A, are twoparallel vertical i 4rods A4, spaced apart the width of a slot L 85 sothat a single record may be inserted between them into the grooves J, K,and to the. lower ends of these rods A4, are secured the V'ends o ailexible strand A5; which ex-y tends across the middle portions of 'allof .the slots L', not in register with the space 'between said rods A4.Thisstrand A5 is fguided on four pulleys a within the four corners ofthe cabinet. This strand in other words' closes all of the slots L',except the one from which the record has been ref moved-or is to beremoved and may b'e formed of a cord, tape or chain, as ma'y be desired.ByV thus closing or barring the entrance of disks to' any but the onefrom', which a disk has been removed the removed disk must be replacedin the proper channel lorvspacejand so will return lever' B, to itsnormal unlocked position. Lever B, cannot be pulled forward when restingon two recordjs as at that time pawl F, .will be out ."of register witha notch in the rack H. The

rods A, travel in spaces j, between thc cannot be brought past thosegrooves slotted frontL andthe outer edges of-the top boards J. v I

To vlimit the movement of t e lslide A, along the rods E, E, so that t elever IB,

con-

tainin consecutively arranged records I rovi e sliding collars P, on thefront rods.

,at opposite sides of slide A, and these vord-controlled means forlockin should the middle `portion only of the cabinet be filled withrecords the collars P will be set so that the slide A, cannot be movedfar enough to carry lever B, beyond the end records.

The spaces filled must always be consecutively filled either withrecords or with blanks though all of the entire series of spaces neednot be Jfilled.v

This filling ofall ofthe spaces, as far as used, consecutively, istoprevent the lever B, falling into an unfilled space and so lock# ingthe slide until B, is released by inserting a record.

The distance between the upper and lower rods are held by set screws p.For instance,

grooves J, K, will besuflicient to allow for Y slight variance in thediameter of records'.

Briefly the operation is as follows; The slide A,'is` moved along untilits pointer registers with the indicating name or mark of the desiredrecord. Rod C, is then pulled forward. which causes the record vto beejected or moved outwardly within the grasp of the operator.` The rodwill now be released andits spring will retract it, thus allowing leverB, to remain vertical with its pawl engaging therack and locking theslide. y The record must be returned to its proper position by reason ofthe iexihle strand A5 closing all of the other record receiving spaces.In returning to its position the record will release lever B, from therack and so the slide and lever may be moved to the next desired record.

While I have shown an upper and a lower series of record receivingchannels and ejec-y tor devicesit is obvious that I may use only one orany desired number.

What I claim is:

1. The combination in a record cabinet having spacesifor the records, 0fan ejector mechanism common to all of said spaces and movable from onerecord space to any other to eject the records one at a time, the saidejector mechanism being provided with rec- 1t against a secondoperation,after the ejection of a record, until the removed recordhas beenvreplaced to restore the ejector mechanism to.,

its operative position.

2. A record cabinet comprising a series of parallel vertically disposedrecordreceiving channels or spaces, a record-released ejector mechanismmovable transversely across the same and provided with a'n ejectorleverto register with the rear of any desired channel or-'space andthrow the .record contained` therein 'forwardly, means for automaticallylocking the ejector mechanism after the( forward throw of the leverand'. until released by the replacement of the'removed record, and meansfor manually actuating said lever inits forward direction only.

.3. 'A record cabinet having parallel, vertii callydispqsedrecord-receiving channels or to register with any desiredrecord-receiving space and throw the record forwardly therefrom, meansfor manually actuating said lever, a pawl or tooth at the upper end ofthe said lever, and a rack adapted to be engaged by said pawl to lockthe ejector mechanism upon removal of a' record and again release itupon replacement of the record.

4. A record cabinet having parallel vertically disposedrearwardly-inclined recordreceiving channels or spaces, an overlyingmanually operable slide movable across the same and provided at its rearend with a dependin locking lever, the lower portion of which 1s adaptedto be brought into register with the rear end of any desired channel, amanually actuated device carried by the slide for throwinv the leverforwardly to eject a record; thetlever then acting as a lock for theslide until the replacement of the record.

5. The combination with a cabinet or case provided .with a' series ofvertically disposed parallel, rearwardly-inclined record-receivingchannels, a slide movable transversely across the same and provided withan eX- posed iinger-piece--` a lever pivoted at its upper end to therear end of said slide to swing down by gravity, a manually actuatedoperating rod extending longitudinally of the slide and connected at itsrearend to the said lever to swing it forwardly to eject a record andthen release it, a pawlor tooth at the rear of the upper end of saidlever, a horizontal rack bar having its recesses coinciding with therecord-receiving spaces and engaged by said pawl or tooth after theejection of a record to lock the slide until the record has beenreplaced.

6. The combination with a cabinet having a series ofvertically-disposed, parallel', rearwardly-inclined record-receivingchannels, a manually operable slide movable transversely to the saidchannels, a record-released ejecting gravity lever pivoted to the rearend of said slide and of a width greater than the space separating saidchannels to prevent its droppin@r between the records lying in saidchannels, and so causing it to slide across the rear edges of therecords when moved by the slide, until the desired record is reached,manually operable means for throwing the lever in vone direction only,to eject a. record, means for automatically locking the lever and slideagainst movement after the ejection of a record until released by thereturn movement of the record.

7. The combination with a cabinet having a series of parallel verticallydisposed record-receiving channels or spaces, of a transversely movablemanually actuated ejector mechanism adapted to be moved across the'channels to bring the ejector into register with' the rear of thedesired channel, record released locking means for preventing transversemovement of the said ejector mechanism until the replacement of aremoved record, and adjustable stops at opposite sides of the ejectormechanism to limit its movement to. a particular section of thechannels.

8. The combination with a cabinet having a series of vertically1disposed parallel, rearwardly inclined record-receiving channels open atthe front and rear, of guide rods extending across the upper side of thechannels, a slide mounted on said rods and having an operating fingerieee at the front of the cabinet, a gravity ever pivoted at its upperend to the rear end of said slide, and there provided with a' lockingawl, a rack adapted to be engaged by sai pawl, an operating rodextending from the front end of the slide to said lever for throwing itforwardly to discharge a record, the lever channel, automatically lockedafter the ejection of a record and unlocked by the return of the record,and means for preventing the insertion of a record in any channel savethe onel from which one has been ejected.

10. The combination with a cabinet having a series of verticallydisposed record-receiving channels, indicating marks thereover, amanually actuated slide having a' pointer to coact with said indicatingmarks, a gravity lever at the rear of the slide to eject thel recordfrom the selected channel, a manually actuated spring retracted rodcarried by said slide and operatively connected at its rear end to saidlever to first throw it forwardly, lock it, and then release it; thereplacement of the discharged record serving to unlock the lever. i

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ALBERT G. THOMAS.

